Curtain and drapery bracket.



Patented Apr. 29, I902.

- 0. & w. H. McCARTHY. CURTAIN AND DRAPERY-BBAGKET.

(Application filed Nov. 1.6, 1901.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES.-

No. 698,846. S Patented Apr. 29, I902.

D. & W. H. MCCARTHY.

CURTAIN AND DRAPERY BRACKET.

(Application filedNov. 16', 1901.) '(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

' [JV/VENTORS WITNESSES: Z. {7/19 6'00" A nation device applied thereto.

UNITED STATES;

DANIEL MCCARTHY AND WILLIAM H. MCCARTHY,

- MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT @FFICE.

OF NORTH ADAMS,

CURTAIN AND DRAPERY BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 698,846, dated April 29,1902. Application filed November 16, 1901. Serial No. 82,556. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DANIEL MCCARTHY and WILLIAM H. MCCARTHY, citizensof the United States, residing at North Adams, in the county ofBerkshire and State of Massacliusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Curtain and Drapery Brackets, of which the following isa specification.

This invention is a combination-bracket, the object being to provide asimple and efficient device for supporting curtain shaderollers and alsothe drapery or curtain pole.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination device ofthe character described which can be applied either to the top or faceof the window-frame and the sill.

A further object is to provide a combination device which shall beadjustable so as to accommodate any size of curtain-pole or any varietyof drapery-pole.

W'ith these various objects in view the invention consists in thepeculiar construction of the various parts and in their novelcombination or arrangement, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewshowing thepractical application of our invention, the device beingapplied to the cap-rail of the windowframe. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveillustrating one end of the window-frame and the combi- Fig. 3 is adetail view of one of the brackets. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective ofthe drapery-pole support. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of ashadel'oller-support hanger. showing the manner of applying the deviceto the face of a door. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective showing the end ofthe door and the device applied thereto. Fig. 8 shows the polesupport;Fig. 9, the shade-roller or hanger support.

While the broad principles of our invention are the same in all of thefigures, slight modifications are made for the purpose of supporting thedrapery-pole and shade-roller upon the face of the window-frame or door.The main construction, however, is the one illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5,which is intended to be applied to the top of the window-frame. The

Fig. 6 is a face view devices at each end are exactly the same, and

consequentlya description of onewill suffice for both, and inconstructing a combination device in accordance with our invention weemploy the inner bracket A and the outer.

bracket B for the purpose of supportingalle horizontal rod 0, the endsof which are preferably screwed and riveted into the brackets A and B,respectively. The brackets A and B are screwed upon the top of thewindowframe and the horizontal bar 0 is therefore arranged parallel withthe top of said frame. A shade-roller bracket or hanger D depends fromthe rod 0, said bracket or hanger having a sleeve D at its upper end,which slides upon the rod 0 and has a set-screw D working therethroughfor the purpose of fastening the bracket or hanger at any desired pointbetween the brackets A and B. The' bracket or hanger D is preferablymade of thin fiat metal and is bent outwardly at D and downwardly at Din order to provide a rest D for the shade-roller E. This end portion Dhas the circular opening D and the rectangular opening D, so that eitherthe round pintle or the oblong spring-spindle of the shade-roller canbearranged therein. By means of this construction it is not necessary'tohave any special hanger-bracket at a particular end. The pole-support Fis also made'of thin flat metal and has its forward end curved at F toreceive the pole and is bent upwardly at F and horizontally at F toprovide a suitable bearing upon the window-frame, the upturned portion Fbeing fastened to the bracket B by means of a set-screw F". It will thusbe seen that the pole-support is ar ranged beyond the shade-rollerhanger, and when the position of the shade-roller hanger is shifted oradjusted the position of the drapery-pole support will remainstationary.

In Figs. 6, 7, 8, and19 we have shown a very slightly modifiedconstruction by means of which a drapery-pole and shade-roller can besupported upon the face of a windowframe or door. Referring especiallyto these figures, A represents the inner brackets and B the outer ones,said brackets being con nected by means of a horizontal bar 0, fromwhich depends shade-roller hanger or bracket G, said bracket having thesleeve G at its upper end provided with a set-screw G and this bracketis also bent at G and G to provide a shoulder bearing'against thewindowframe or door. The end is benthorizontally and forwardly at G, andthe end G6 has a round perforation G and a rectangular opening G Theshade-roller bracket or hanger G- is adjusted upon the bar 0 exactly thesame as the hanger-bracket D, and the shoulder G bears against the frameof the window or door, and the arm Gr supports the shaderoller inexactly the same manner. The polesupport H is preferably formed integralwith the bracket B and has an opening at its upper end through which ascrew can be introduced into the face of the window-frame or door andfor the purpose of supporting the said bracket Bland also the support H.The lower end is curved at H to receive the pole I, and a set-screw Hpasses through the end of the support for the purpose of retaining, thepole therein.

It will thus be seen that we provide an exceedingly cheap, efficient,and inexpensive construction of combination-bracket which can be quicklyand easily applied for the purpose of supporting both the shade-rollerand the drapery-pole.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device-of the kind described, the combination with thesupporting-brackets, of the rod connecting said brackets, the dependinghanger-bracket having a sleeve at its upper end, its lower end beingprojected forwardly and having round and polygonal openings, and thepole-support attached to the end bracket and having its outer end curvedto receive the drapery-pole, substantially as described.

2. .The combination with the supporting- .brackets, of the rodconnecting said brackets,

the depending hanger-bracket havingasleeve at its upper end and anapertnred supporting-arm at its lower end, shoulders intermediate itsends; and the pole-support curved at its outer end to receive the poleand cohnected to the end bracket at its inner end, substantially asshown and described.

DANL. MCCARTHY. WILLIAM H. MCCARTHY.

Witnesses:

GEo. B. FnooD, JAMES J. WALSHE.

